Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-10
DAKOTA CONCENTRATIONS.

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DAKOTA CONVERSATIONS.
The arteaian well ct Buffalo Gap has
reached o depth Of 1000 feet.
The Watertown roller. mills are putting
in $4,000 worth Of improvements.
A Chicago syndicate is negotiating
for the marble quavries near Buffalo
Gap.
Thirty-fve tons of tin ore have been
shipped from the Hills to England for
treatment.
Strong efforts are being made by
several parties to get a street railway
franchise at Aberdeen.
Twelve Thousand dollars have been
refused Tor twenty FIVE foot lot en-
Main street at Deadwood.
The Dolphin group: of mines near
Custer City have been sold to the Har-
ney Peak company for $4,000.
II is reported on good authority that
the Minneapolis aud Illinois Central
railways will build to Aberdeen during
1888.
Wednesday evening the newly elected
officers Of Brookings lodge A. F. and A.
nj, were installed by Prof. Foster, of tho
college.
The Aberdeen electric light company
has just added an incandescent plant
and nearly all the business houses are
using it,.
The regular semi-monthly clean mp
rom the hill was brought into
Deadwood Wednesday. II amounted
to $l21, 900.
The largest cew in Dakota is reported
from Cass county. Sine stands six feet
high At the shoulders and. though thin
in flesh. weighs 1900 pounds
Sheriff Thompson of Douglas county,
is in Mitchell looking for q Russian
farmer who borrowed $500 on chattel
property that he did not own.
George Lutz was badly injured by J.
and D. Siattery near Frankfort. J
Slattery escaped, and ID. Slattery waf
captured after q three mile race.
A Citizen of Plankinton, 10 an effort
to fill his skin with oil it would hold be.
fore local option took effect, contracted
a severe CASE OF dsliriam tremens.
Electric lights are being put in the
new building of the Dakota loan and
trust company ut Watertoen to enable
the carpenters and masona to work at
night.
The w. O. T.. o., If Watertown, held
q public meeting Sunday evening. Rev.
L. p. Patch, of the Congregational
church, ~dsliYered an excellent address
IN 8 q
Typhoid malarial rs reging quite ex-
tensiyeiy at Piankinton, the popularity
of the fever being that only young men
from 16 to 25 years old are bothered
with it. No deatas yet reported.
George Jones. 8 contractor on the
Duluth, Wilmar & Sioux Falls railroad,
froxe his hands on Sunday while driving
from Canton to Sioux Falls, aud it is
feared that his left hand will have to be
amputated.
Attorney Remington, OF Valley City
was last Thursday committed to isil in
d~efaait 5000 bail. II seems that some
time ago, when financially embarrassed,
he sold nine COWS and calf that were
covered with an attachment. A writ Of
habeas corpus is applied for to secure
his relesee.
w. q. Scarritt. of Watertown. has
gone east in fhe interest OF the Dakota
loan and trust company,and to order
furniture for the new rooms OF the
Watertown National bank. He will also
make arrangements for the new system
OF water works to be put in az Water
town next year.
The family OF j. 81. Troch, Of Water
town, had q marrow escape from asphyxia
by coal gas Sunday morning. A defec-
tive aus caused the wind to blow down
the chimney and when they awoke IN
the morning it was 20 find the house
filled with the gas. Had they NOT been
aroused when they were it 10 likely
death would have been the result in .
short time.